When to take a week break?
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Zeek
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darkside06
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yep.....i don't have a set timeframe. i just pay attention to what my body is telling me and how i feel.
It is definately refreshing to take some time off now and then though.
I agree, it's all about how you feel. I know for me personally I have a big problem taking breaks. I always work and push myself to failure every time I work out. I raced dirt bikes for a living for a long time and I think because with racing it is a year round thing, I am used to training year round with no breaks so I do the same thing now that I am lifting to get bigger. I try to take a break before I feel I need too, that way I always have the drive to keep working. The problem I had before with racing is the only time I would take a break is when I got injured, and when you come back from an injury you have that killer drive back and then some.
Beyoung
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Dirt bikes are my passion. Did yoy do motocross or GNCC type. You are exactly the guy I need to speak to here. I have been working our seriously for over a year now, dropped allot of fat built some muscle and workout 5-6 days a week. A diffrent body part ed and 45 min cardio for fat burn at a heart beat of 130. All day I have been wondering what I can add in to get me ready for spring riding. Any suggestions?
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tH1e swiN1e
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I like to do what Spongy does. Keeps me in the gym and on a schedule. The only time Ill take time off completely is vacations or injuries.
I did motocross, supercross, and arenacross. I have done a few worcs races before too and races like worcs. Well, seat time is the best thing you can do to get in better riding shape. But if you can't ride during the winter, then do tons of cardio and lift lighter weights with a bunch of reps. You don't want to bulk up to much, don't do any forearm work outs or you will just be begging to get arm pump. I did a lot of compound exercises while training. To be in racing shape, and to be strong are two totally different things, that's why the vast vast majority of the top racers are 140lbs soaking wet. If it were about how big you were then body builders would be your sx and mx champs.
The two most important muscle groups to make strong are your legs and core. With those two being strong it makes it a million times easier to keep the bike in place and not bucking all over. So strengthen up those legs, your core, and get your cardio up. When I was training for racing I would do 45 minute sprint/circuit sessions, keeping my heart rate as high as possible. Various exercises from 500 yard sprints, up downs, high knees across the field and back, as many push ups, pull ups, sit ups as I could do, tire flips, high jumps, things like that. Motocross is the most physically demanding sport in the world bar none. The harder you work out off the bike, the easier it is on the bike. When you are racing, it should be an easy day. That's how I always looked at it, and I have always been faster the second half of the race than the first half.
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